Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC

Electric Propulsion Technologies, LLC

John Ogger

Douglas D Turner

Tomaz Kompara

Alia Comai

Kiran Natwerlal Soni

Phil Kennedy

A power transferring gearset includes a gear synchronization controller disposed in communication with a drive gear, a driven gear and a shifting mechanism. In response to detecting a gear engagement command, the gear synchronization controller is configured to determine a rotational speed delta between a rotational speed of the drive gear and a rotational speed of the driven gear and compare the rotational speed delta to a pre-determined speed delta. In response to determining that the rotational speed delta is less than the predetermined speed delta, the gear synchronization controller applies a rotational shutter function to the drive gear to apply a series of clockwise and counterclockwise rotational cycles to the drive gear simultaneously during the axial movement of the shifting mechanism for preventing a blocked condition of the power transferring gearset while establishing the meshed relationship between the shifting and gear teeth.

Gear synchronization controller and related method of gear syncronization to prevent a blocked shift condition for a power transferring gear set of a wheel end motor

A method for providing vehicle alerts includes receiving an ignition signal indicating a current status of an ignition of a vehicle and receiving a gear position signal indicating a current gear position of a transmission of the vehicle. The method also includes receiving a vehicle speed signal indicating a current vehicle speed of the vehicle and identifying a vehicle alert data file based on at least the ignition signal, the gear position signal, the vehicle speed signal. The method also includes retrieving the vehicle alert data file from a vehicle alert database and loading data associated with the vehicle alert data file into a buffer. The method also includes outputting contents of the buffer to at least one output device of the vehicle.

System and method for providing vehicle alerts

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